Barrel hoist and rack.



H. A. SCHAUB & F. S. CRAWFORD.

BARREL HOIST AND BACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. l-9l6.

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BARREL HOIST AND BACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 19KB.

Pdtented Apr. 17,1917.

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Witnesses Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. SCHAIIB AND FRET) S. CRAWFORD, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

' 4 BARREL norsr AND BACK.

To all whom it mag concern:

- Be it known that we, HENRY A. SoHAUB and FRED S. CRAWFORD, citizens of the United States, residing at'I-Iuntington, in

port and a three-point tripod, the foregoing construction being brought about by the use of three principal parts only. The invention aims, further, to provide a device of the type above mentionedwhich'may be fashioned simply and with a minimum expenditure of material.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this sort which will possess unusual strength.

Changes properly falling within the scope of what is claimedmay be madewithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barrel rack embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof;

Fig.3 is a front elevation of the rack;

Figs. 4 and 5 are elevations wherein the side member is viewed at right angles;

Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a modified form of intermediate bar.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided an inclined intermediate bar 1 including angularly disposed parts 2 and 3.

The bar 1 is equipped along its upper and lower edges with oppositely projecting outstanding flanges el. The part 2 of the bar 1 terminates in a chinehook 5. I Atthe end of the part 3 of the bar 1 there is fashioned a socket. 6. A yoke is provided, the same including side arms 8, a top plate 10, and a spindle 7 projecting upwardly fromthe top' plate, the spindle being held for rotation in the socket 6. The lower end of the socket6 is broadened as shown at 11 to cooperate with the top plate 10. Mounted in the arms 8 of the yoke is an axle 12 supporting a Wheel 9 for rotation.

The invention comprises a pair of Y- shaped side members 14 each including a shank 15, an upstandingarm 16 and a depending arm 17. The arms 16v and 17 each Specification of Letters Patent.

a three-point support for the barrel.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

Application filed March 28,1916. Serial No: 87,252.

include a body 18 and a rectangularly disposed reinforcing fiange 19, the flanges 19 merging together as shown at 20 to form the shank, and the body portions of the arms being continued onto the shank as clearly shown in Fig. 5. Formed integrally with the extremities of the shanks 15 are foot plates 21. The (shaped side members are disposed on opposite sides of the intermediate bar 1, the foot plates 21 being received between the flanges 4, as shownbest in Fig. 1, in order that the relative angular relation of the parts may be maintained as shown in Fig. 1. In the foot plates 21 are formed openings 22 through which extend securing elements 23 uniting the Y-shaped side members with the bar 1 intermediate the ends of the bar. As shown at 50, the depending arms 17 of the side members terminate in legs, receiving axles 51 on which are mounted ground wheels 52, coacting with the wheel 9to form a tripod.

In practical operation, the barrel B is upended and the chine hook 6 is engaged with one of the chines of the barrel, the barrel subsequently being swung up into the 'hori-' zontal position of Fig. 1, under which circumstances, the upper end of the intermediate bar 1 and the upstanding arms 16 form In Fig. 6 of the drawings, a slight modification is shown. The intermediate bar is denoted by the numeral 24 and is provided with flanges 25 corresponding to the flanges 4. The chine hook appears at 26. The lower end 27 of the bar 2 1 is beveled off to cooperate with the floor, the wheel 9 being omitted. The yoke and the wheel 9 constitute to all intents and purposes a part of the bar 1, and either form of the invention may be described properly as comprising an intermediate bar, the lower end of 'Which constitutes a part of the supporting Having thus described the invention whatis claimed as new is 1. A barrel stand comprising an inclined intermediate bar having upper and lower lateral flanges; a pair of Y-shaped side members each including a shank, an upstanding arm and a depending arm, the ends of the shanks being provided with foot plates received between the flanges of the intermediate bar; and means for connecting the foot plates with the intermediate bar; the upstanding arms coacting with the upper end of the intermediate bar to form a threepoint barrel support, and the depending arms coacting with the lower end of the intermediate bar to form a tripod.

2. A barrel stand comprising a pair of opposed Y-shaped members, each including a shank, an upstanding arm and a depending arm, the arms each comprising a body and an outstanding flange, the flanges merging to form the shank, and the bodies being prolonged onto the upper and lower edges of the shank, the shanks terminating in transverse foot plates; an inclined intermediate bar including flanges between which the foot plates are received, to dispose the Y-shaped members on opposite sides of the bar; and securing means uniting the footplates with the bar; the upstanding arms coacting with the upper end of the intermediate bar to form a three-point barrel support, the depending arms coacting with the lower end of the intermediate bar to form a tripod.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

H. A. SCHAUB.

F. S. GRAWFORD. Witnesses:

DEWEY PETERS, W. M. CARTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, 1). c. 

